Improvement in indicators for drawing liquids from bottles



INDICATORS FOR DRAWING LIQUID FROM BOTTLES. No.186,400, Patented Ja.ri.1'6,1877'..

ErTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISIDOR LEVI, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN INDICATORS FOR DRAWING LIQUIDS FROM BOTTLES Specificationforming part of Letters Patent No. 186,400, dated January 16, 1877;application iiled May 13, 1876.

To all lwhom 'it may concern Be it known that I, IsrDoR LEVI, ofGincinnati, Hamilton county, State of Ohio, have invented an Improvementin Indicator for Drawing Liquid from Bottles and other uses, of whichthe t'ollowingis a specification:

My invention relates to a register for the furnishing of a record-ot'the number of discharges from a bottle ot' liquor or other liquid,whereby a check is furnished against the temptation of bar-keepers tomake dishonest returns; and my invention consists of a specificcombination ot' registering Wheels, ratchet wheel and pawl, spring'connecting-lever, and an incased operating-Weight, the whole constituting a form adaptable to the corks of ordinary liquor-bottles.

Figure 2 is a sectional view, taken on the lines c and y y of Fig. l,which is a side elevation of my invention as applied to the neck of abottle.

A is the neck of a bottle, provided with cork B, the latter beingfurnished with an outlet-tube, O, ot' any desired form. Secured upon thecork B or the top of the bottle A is a doubIe-chambered case, D D'. Thechamber D is cylindrical in forni, and has an upright position, whilethe chamber D is a attened elongated box, resting sidewise upon the topot' chamber D. Fitted to slide in chamber D is a weight, E, having aprojection, e, to connect with a hinged lever, I, in the chamber D. F Gare dial-wheels,

fitted to connect with a pinion on the shaft of a ratchet-wheel, H. Thewheel H is guarded against back motion by the spring-pawl h. On the endof lever I is a spring-hook, t', which engages against the teeth of theratchet-wheel H.

Operation: Now, when the bottle is inverted, so that the inclosed liquorwill run out at the mouth O, it will be evident that the weight E will,by the force of gravity, move to the opposite end of chamber D, andthereby so move lever I that the hook i will engage with the next toothin the ratchet-wheel H; and when the position ot' the bottle is reversedagain, rotate the ratchet around the distance ot' one tooth, as theweight descends to its normal position. i

Having thus described myv invention, I claim- The combination,substantially as specified, of the gravitating body E, theratchet-engaging-lever I t, ratchetwheel H, and pawl-andindex wheels,the whole being suitably incased, as described, so as to be whollyseparated from the channel through which the liquor Hows.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

. ISIDOR LEVI. Witnesses:

EDGAR J. GRASS, IsAAo FREIEEEG.

